had been reconditioning

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of recondition.
  recondition

  verb (used with object)

  to restore to a good or satisfactory condition; repair; make over.

Related Words

• fix up
• refit
• refurbish
• remodel
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